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Uterature today, and says Kansas is be- yond the slightest doubt certain for Mc- Kinley. National Committeeman Kittredge, Sioux Falls, S. D., writes that his state will give McKinley not less than 8,000, and probably above 15,000, while the legislature will, be- yend the slightest doubt, elect a straight sound money republican to succeed Kyle. Free Silver Populist Secretary Tams Bix- by writes from St. Paul that it is safe to wager on McKinley winning the state by a Bafe majority. Alex. McKenz‘e wires that North Dakota is certain to be for McKinley, and will elect a republican United States Senator this winter. Bets are now being made that Michigan's plurality for McKinley will exceed 30,000. Iowa is expected by the republicans to roll up 40,000 for McKinley. —-— DEFIES CONJECTURE. Henry F. Wingert’s Comment on the Situation In Washington County. Special Dispaich to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 27.—Mr. Henry F. Wingert, member cf the demo- cratic campaign committee for the sixth district, was a caller at the democratic headquarters this morning. In speaking of the political situation in his own county he said: “While I believe Mr. Blair Lee will carry Washington county this year, I would not care to make a bold assertion to that effect, as it is next to impossible to predict how the farmers and working- men are going to vote. They have one answer for gold advocates and another for silver, and many of my republican friends agree with me that the situation in our county defies conjecture.” Col. L. Victor Baughman of Frederick was also a visitor. When asked what he thought of the outlook he replied: “I am not thinking anything.” Democrats generally repudiate Chairman Wellington's claim that MeKinley will carry Baltimore by 18,000. They still as- sert 1,800 was the true result of the recent Tepublican poll, and that Mr. Wellington Faised it to more imposing dimensions by tacking on an additional ctpher. Demo- erats are preparing for a rousing mass meeting at the Music Hall Saturday night. ‘The orator will be Sengtor John W. Daniel. REPUDIATE MR. ECHOLS. Alexandria A. P. Pass a Resolution. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 27—At a meeting of the Alexandria Council, No. 10, of the A. P. A., held in this city last night, @ resolution was adopted repudiating the recent action of President Echols of the National A. P. A. in attempting, as it was claimed, to draw the association into the pending political contest. Last night’s meet- ing was largely attended, and it is under- stood that the proceedings at times were very lively. The general sentiment prevail- ing was one of resentment toward Mr. Echols for trying at this late hour in the campaign to draw the association into poll- tics and to hamper the right of every man to vote as he pleased. The council is com- posed of members of both political parties. he resolution adopted was as follows: Whereas, The last annual convention of the American Protective Association at Washington in council assembled decided by vote that as neither of the candidates for President of the United States fully in- dorsed our principles, we, as a body, or- ganization or association, would not enter the present presidential campaign, but would direct our forces against our county and state officers; therefore, “Be it resolved, That we, the members of Council No. 10, of Alexandria, Va., utterly Tepudiate and condemn the action of our Supreme president in attempting to draw the members of the A. P. A. as an organi- zation into the present presidential election, and be it further “Resolved, That we do not consider our- selves bound by the action of the supreme president, but hereby declare ourselves free to vote in accordance with the dictates of our conscience, and will cast our vote for the candidate we individually think best fitted for the high position of President of these United States.”” INTEREST AT THE VATICAN. The Prestdential Election is the Ab- sorbing Topic. LONDON, October 27.—The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon publishes a dis- Patch from Rome which says: “The presidential election (in the United States) is the absorbing topic at the Vat- ican, the explanation being the strides which Catholicism has made in the United States, now one of the church's larg- est sources of income. It is recognized that the standing danger to Romanism in the United States is the independence of the American bishops, noticeable since the time of Pius IX. The latter fully recog- nized that these bishops enjoyed greater power than their brethren elsewhere, and he showed that he understood this by his witty answer to some English priests who asked for certain privileges. He said: ‘I am, as you say, pope; yet I cannot accept your request. But,’ added the pontiff, with a slight twinkle tn his eye, ‘I can show you & way to obtain your desire. Go to Amer- ica, for there the bishops are greater than the pope.” “On the accession of Pope Leo matters assumed a different aspect. He charged Mgr. Satolli with the duty of intimating to the bishops in unmistakable language the Limits of their powers, and the result_was something like a split, which it took Mgr. Satolli two years to heal. But his mission had good results.” Continuing, the correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette remarks that the Vatican does not desire its repre: tatives in America to take an active part in the campaign, fear- ing a new division in the ranks and appre- hending at the same time that some of the more impetuous bishops might break out. He adds that this feeling of uneasiness at the Vatican will not disappear until after election. r ———._—_ FAIRCHILD LEFT OFF. Printing of Election Ballots in New York Begins Tomorrow. NEW YORK, October 2 ‘Police Com- missioner Andrews said today that tomor- row the printing of the election ballots would begin and that the name of William E. Ward would be printed en the official ballots for Congress from the sixteenth dis- trict, and that the name of Benjamin L. Fairchild would be left off the tickets. Fairchild was nominated by the Platt fac- tion, while Ward was nominated by the faction headed by ex-Judge Robertson of the republican organizaticn. This is in conformity with the decision yesterday by Judge Dykman of the supreme court of Westchester county and ignores the order issued on the same day by Judge Gaynor, restraining the county clerk of Westches- r and the New York police commissioners m printing the ballots for the coming election until the decision of the appeilaie division was had. ee IN THE RACE TO THE END. Watson Declares That He Will Not Withdraw. THOMSON, Ga., October 27.—Thorflas E. Watson spoke yesterday at Lincolnton to 3,000 populists. He declared he would be im the race for Vice President until the last Vote was counted. He said that the with- drawal of the populist electoral ticket in Georgia did not indicate that he would tome down, but It was a, @ protest & inst the Lapa ma! ent. =He declared that the populist party had been betrayed by tts leaders. He denounced Sewall as a plutocrat, a national banker, etc. —— Assessors’ Time Extended, Bpecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. JANNAPOLIS, Md., October 27.—Gov. Lowndes has extended the time of the as- for the second and third districts of mag George's county to November 30. The mame eel been completed. rict o! lontgomery has been €@xtended to November 30. su ——a Titled English Folk Dead. -LONDON, October 27—Lord Alexander Paget is dead. He was born in 18 and 4$ @ brother of the Marquis of Anglesea. ‘The Dowager Duchess of Leeds ts dead. Shé was formerly Miss Harriette Arundel Stewart. = THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE A Delegation of Ladies First to Oall on Major McKinley. LABORING MEN FROM CLEVELAND A Sound Money Club From Boston Coming This Afternoon. AND ENTHUSIASM ————— ge MUSIC CANTON, Ohio, October 27.—The first delegation today to be presented to Major McKinley was a party of fifty-two ladies, who arrived in a special car from Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, at the noon hour. They wore large ribbons, upon which was inscribed “McKinley and Sound Money.” The ladies marched to the McKinley residence at the head of the Maryland.and West Virginia delegation, which arrived at the same time, and was transported to this city in fifteen coaches The women were introduced by Harry Pratt, and the delegation from West Virginia and Maryland by E. H. Sincell of Piedmont, W. Va. This latter delegation was accompanied by two bands, and made a highly enthusiastic demonstration. Before the first crowd was out of the yard three other delegations in one body were in the street at the foot of the hill, v.aiting a chance to get on the lawn. These were from Cleveland, and were composed of the employes of the Upson Nut Com- pany, the Lamson & Sessions Company and Peck, Stow & Wilcox. Kirk’s Band of Cleveland and the Grand Army Band of Canton marched in the delegation, and played “The Star Spangled Banner,” while the crowd greeted Major McKinley with sLcuts and cheers. The delegation was a large one, having used two special trains for its transpor- tation. William McKenzie, one of the work- men, made the introductory address. fill a special train, and headed by the G. A. Dean Band, arrived just after the Cleve- lantlers, and waited their turn at the bot- tom of the hill. They were introduced by Captain N. J. Urquahart, president of the company. The iewing stand has been re-erected on the front of the lawn, and was used for the Cleveland and later speeches. Three more delegations are announced to arrive this afternoon, the most important of which is a Boston party coming as the Sound Money Club of New England. pei ADDRESS TO WORKINGMEN. Chiet Arthor and Others Declare Themselves Against Free Silver. PEORIA, UL, October 27.—The following circular was issued today: ‘To the workingmen of the United States: ‘To refute a false statement, ax we sincerely Lelieve It to be, and correct an impression that our friends and acquaintances may have formed concerning our signatures to a campaign document going the rounds of the press and circulated broadcast on the streets, entitled, ‘Proclamation,’ in which We are made to appear that we are in favor of free silver at any ratio, and sub- stantially th@ establishment of two stand- ards of money, contradictory as the terms may be, we wish to be recorded by all who are interested in our position as being em- phaticaily and unequivocally against any such measures, but are for the sound money plank promulgate4 by the repubil- can corvention at St. Louis. “Our signatures were obtained nearly three years ago to a document pretending to be a ‘memorial’ to Congress, then in session, in our belief and memory a much milder paper than in the ‘proclamation’ referred to. And no matter what our opin- ions may have been on the money question at phe time of our signing the memorial, nearly thfee years ago, we have learned enough since on the subject to warrant us in denouncing the attempt at free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, belfeving it to be di- rectly against the interests of labor and also believing that under a condition of free colnage this country will be subjected to one of the most frighiful panics that any country in this world has ever seen. Our belief in this statement is strengthened by an admission made by William J. Bryan, vandidate for President, in a recent speech in the northwest, wherein he is reported to have said that he thought that a free silver cendition would bring, for the present, stagnation ard panic, but from which, it fcur years, we would recover. “We do not believe that this country can stand an additional four years of misery and distress, and are therefore opposed to the s_ntiments contained in the aforesaid “proclamation. ‘Respectfully, signed, P. M. Arthur,.grand chief Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers; F. P. Sargent, grand master Brotherhood cf Locomotive Firemen; F. W. Arnold, grand secretary and treasurer Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Firemen.” SS BULL FIGHTER KILLED. Excitement at Nogales Caused by a ‘Tragedy in the Arena. NOGALES, Ariz., October 271A bull. fight with fatal results occurred at Nogales, Sonora, yesterday and for a short time caused a panic in the audience. One of the bulls becoming more enraged than usual rushed about the arena, goring everything within its reach. A picador, Jcse Angulo, in an attempt to place a thorn in the side of the wild animal was caught on one of its long horns, which pierced him like a sword. He was tossed and fell to the ground, bleeding and mangled, where the beast rolled him beneath his horn andehit and pawed him. He was frightfully in- jured and died a few minutes later. There was intense excitement in the audi- ence and at one time it was on, the verge of a panic, but was quieted by the killing of the bull. a ——— PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLES, President Brisson Eloquently Refers to the Russian Alliance. (Copyrighted, 1896, by the Associated Press.) PARIS, October 27.—The parliament: of France, senate and chamber of deputies, reassembled today. The ségsions of both chambers were merely formal, and lasted only an hour. The presidents of the two chambers, in their opening addresses, al- luded in strong and sympathetic terms to the recent visit of the czar and czarina to France. = M. Brisson, president of the deputies, re- marked: “After the manifestations at Cronstadt and Toulon, the days of October have welded the souls of the two great and proud nations. Poets, artists and the en- tire people celebrated with one accord the institutions of democratle France, which had in unton and constancy proved their continuity of design.” se ALL ON BOARD LOST. Wrek of a Lumber Schooner in Lake Erie. ST. THOMAS, Ont., October 27—The government cruiser Petrel has arrived at Port Stanley with the news that: the schooner Sandill, loaded with lumber for Tonawanda, from Wiarton, went down in Lake Erfe Friday, and all hands were lost. ‘The Sandiil carried a crew consisting of captain, mate, three seamen and cook, ee Foot Ball in the West. COLUMBIA, Mo., October 27.—The Mis- souri University eleven was defeated by Nebraska here yesterday in the presence of 5,000 people. The score was 8 to 4. Missouri was badly handicapped, owing to the disability of Captain Shawman, who fractured a rib in the recent game with Ilinots. —_.___ Alexander and Edward Day, brothers, living near Cassville, Wis., quarreled over a trivial matter, and Edward shot Alexan- der dead. The murderer was arrested. The twenty-fourth anrual convention: of the American Gas Light Association met at St. Louis, with about 200 delegates:-pres- ent. C. J. R. Humphreys of Lawrence, Mass., the president, called the convention to order. Employes of the Junction fron and Steel Company of Mingo Junction, with their wives and friends, in numbers sufficient to STAND READY TO HELP Bussia and Japan Also Desire Protection for the Seale. The Asiatic Power Especially Real- izes the Necessity for Preservation and Would Suppress Pirating. It is stated by officials that the United States will have the co-operation and sup- port of both Russia and Japan in the ap- preaching issue over establishing adequate prctection for the fur seals of the North Pacific ocean. The question is about to be brought forward, as two commissions, one American and one British, have returned after an investigation of the conditions in Bering sea. Aside from the information they have secured Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin has recently made a report, after personal inspection of the seal islands, stating that if modifications of the Paris award regulations were not agreed to “the fur seal within one or two seasons will be commercially extinct.” Japan Will Stand By. The Japanese governmént stands ready to join the United States in any plan of seal protection, and is desirous, also, of including sea otters, which are being ex- terminated from the Japanese islands. The co-operation of Japan is said to be of much importance to the United States, as the seal poachers and pirates have fitted out mainly at Japanese ports. A large trade with them has been built up. at Yokohama and Nagasaki. Notwith- standing this, Japan feels it to her interest to suppress the pirating. Many of the Ca- nadian poachers go to Japanese ports, and either ship under the Japanese flag or take out sealing permits froin the British con- suls there. The Japanese government wanis the prohibitions made far reaching, 8g ihat no doubt will exist as to the per- seer preservation of the seals and ot- ers. Russi: Policy. The Russian government also, {t can be Stated authoritatively, will welcome an ex- tension of the protection to the seals. It is pointed out that while Russia owned Alaska and the seal istands now attached to the United States there was complete protection to the seals, and that the dey struction began under American manag3- ment. The policy of Rutsia continues to be to protect the seals on the Russian islands of the North Pacific, and there will be full co-operation with the United States toward any concerted action to that end. + —____ GREAT BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. The Syndicate That Proposes to Operate European City Raflways. The purchase of street railway systems in Europe by an international syndicate of capitalists, the scope of which was partly outlined in a recent Associated Press di: patch from St. Louis, is the greatest bus! ness enterprise on foot in the entire world. The Americans &t the head of the enter- prise are James Ross and a Mr. Mackenzie of Montreal. Mr. Ross is a director in the Eank of Montreal, and is heavily interested in the Northern Pacific railroad and Cana- dian street railways. It is stated that with him are a number of Americans on this side of the Canadian line who have become wealthy as street railroad oper- ators, as well as the great house of Roths- childs. ‘These gentlemen find the street railways of Europe where those in America were ten years ago. They see abundant oppor- tunity to make a great deal of money ty bringing them up to the present American standard. They not only have the under- ground railways of London in view, but are prepared to operate in Berlin, Paris and other large European cities. The syndicate, in fact, has already gained possession of the street railway system of Birmingham, England, and is operating {t. The trolley electric system will not be tol- erated in Europe, and compressed air will be used. A number of pneumatic mctor street cars are now being made at Wor- cester, Mass., to ship to Birmingham. —_+o+—___ Court of Claims is Final. The chief ‘justice of the Supreme Court has handed down an opinion prepared by Justice Peckham in the case of the United States, appellant, vs. Charles G. Galliat, administrator of Thomas Galliat. ‘The Suprem Court has decided that the decision of the Court of Claims in cases involving French spoliation claims is final and conclusive under the act of 1894. The case was dismissed on motion of Gilliat’s counsel, the court remarking that “it was undoubtedly the intention of Con- gress to refer to the Court of Claims sim- ply the ascertainment of the proper per- son to te paid the sum which it had al- ready acknowledged to be due the repre- sentatives of the original sufferers from the spoliation, and it was not intended that the decisicn which the Court of Claims might arrive at should be the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court.” —-e.____ Electoral Fasion in North Carolina. The following telegram was sent from Raleigh, N. C., last night by Populist Chairman Ayer and Democratic Chairman Manly to Daniel J. Campau, chairman, Chi- cago, IIL: “Electoral fusion between populists, dem- ocrats and silver republicans is complete in North Carolina, which assures Bryan a majority of at least 30,000 in this state.” The basis upon which this fusion was agreed to was five democrats, five populists and one national silver man. ————_+ e+—___ ‘Will of John 8S. Mor: The will of the late John S. Moran, dated February 4, 1896, and naming Ann Walsh us executrix, was filed today. To James Moran, a brother, a gold watch and guard are given, and to Harry Moran, a brother, personal effects and a scarf pin, To Ann Walsh, the testator’s aunt, his shares in the Corcoran Fire Insurance Company and the Equitable Building Association are given, together with a diamond ring and amount on deposit In the Washington Loan and Trust Company. She is to pay there- from all debts of the eatate and expend the residue for masses for the repose of ‘the testator’s soul. = * Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the | following: White—George Scharf and Jean- nie S. Slieriff; Charles F. Rose and Sallie P. Denham; Edwin L. Wilhite of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Catharine Klinedinst of this city; Frank C. Nold and Maud White, both of Chesterfield county, Va.; James R. Ham- ilton and Virginia Peters; George T. Has- lam and Mary M. Herold. Colored—Wm. 8. Young and Bessle Tol- liver; Henry Edmunds and Lizzie Young; ‘Thomas Porter and Effie Fields; Henry Young and Anna Simms; Charles Ander- son and Emma Waddy; James H. Jackson and Lily Colbert. ———__. Silver and Eggs. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The free silverites, being confronted by the rise of wheat, with the price of silver at a low mark, should grasp the opportuni- ty afforded by the reception which Sec- retary of the Treasury Carlisle received at Covington, Ky., to prove that silver influ- ences the rise and fall of eggs at least. May the advocates of silver allow fair play ard rest their cause with the people, as I believe the gold people try to do. Then, and ‘only then, eu the people be satisfied. SUBSCRIBER. ——__ Attempted Bank Robbery Failed. BUFFALO, N. Y., October 27.—A special to the Evening News from Titusville, Pa., says: At 2 o'clock this morning an attempt was made to rob the Farmers’ Bank at Townville. The marauders were discover- ed, and mounted horses and rode off in the direction of Oli City, with a posse of armed citizens in close pursuit. Titusville, Mead- ville, Corry and other surrounding towns vee immediately wired to be on the look- out —__ Ocean Steamships Arrived. NBW YORK, October 27.—Arrived: Ber- Un, Southampton; Georgia, Liverpool. A NEW*POLICY|THE SEABOARD DEALIFINANCE AND TRADE To Split the Two.Wings, of the Free Silver Oombination. CARLISLE STRUGR: THE KEYAUTE Surrender to th SPopulists to Be NO HOPE FOR SEWALL Driving the entering wedge between the two wings of the free silver combination 1s to be the policy of the sound money demo- crats during the brief period which remains before election. The ignominy which they believe has been fasteyed upen the. demo- cratic orgarilzation by gurrender to popu- em in nearly thirty: states is to be brought home in a forcible manner’to those demo- cratic voters who are for Bryan and Sewall because they bear the stamp of party regu- larity. Secretary Carlisle struck the key- note upon this issue on Thursday night at Covington, when he pointed out that the so- called democratic state committee of Ken- tucky had usurped the functions of the party and struck its flag to populism by putting several Watson electors on the reg- ular democratic ticket, making it impossible for a Kentucky democrat to vote, if he wished, for thirteen Bryan and Sewall elec- tors. The similar combination which has been made jn Indiana has driven the recent chairman of the state-committee out of the Bryan ranks and will be made a powerful lever for separating. self-respecting demo- crats from the combination ticket. It is declared that many democrats who are willing to vote for Bryan and Sewall will refuse to roll in the mtud at the feet of the pepulist ticket and will scratch the popu- list electors. If this policy should be pur- sued by democrats in every state where a fusicn ticket exists ft would greatly dimin- ish the vote of the combine in Ilinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- souri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon and Wiscon- sin. These are not the only states in which the flag of democracy hag been struck tc Populism, but they are the more !mportant states where the reduction of the combina- tion vote might affect the result. It is not possible for democrats in these states to vote a full Bryan and Sewall ticket; but they can at least content themselves with voting for democratic electors where they have been named and scratching the names Of the populist electors. This policy may invoke retribution on the side of the popu- lists by leading them. to scratch the demo- cratic electors. This, the gold men declare, is one of the Inevitable results of the at- tempt to absorb the democratic party into the populist party, which will not cause grief among certain classes of democrats. To Put the Igsue Piainly. The suggestion that the issue be put plainly before the voters, whether they wished to vote for populist electors and put Tom Watson on the high road to the White House, was made to the national democratic committee some days ago. The idea was warmly welcomed, but some doubt was felt whgthey time remained to bring the names of the populist electors properly before democrafic voters, in orde that they might ‘be Spratched. Sound money papers will’be Gsked, however, to post these names ‘in fWeir several states and to invite the attentfon of self-respect- ing democrats tothe ‘Mist. It is belfeved that some journals whtth are supporting Bryan and Sewall..becwuse they are the nominees of a regularly called convention will take up the issue- and advise their readers to scratch); the» populist electors. The number of papulists who are to be foisted upon democratic voters by fusion tickets in different states is between sixty and seventy. Some of these are in states which are surely republ{ean, like Connecti- cut and New Jerséy, where {t would seem that surrender to’ populism might have been avoided. Some of the populist electors also are in states ich“are safely demo- cratic under ordinary conditions, and their acceptance by--the Bryan democracy indi- cates the degree of terror which the bolt of sound money..democtats has inspired. The humiliating feature of these deals in several doubtful states is the excessive pro- pottion of the electoral ticket given to the populists. In Minnesota and Nebraska each party gets four electors. In Michigan the populists get four out of fourteen, and in Missouri four out of seventeen. In Ohio the populfsts get five out of twenty-three, and in Lilinois four out of twenty-four. The cltmax of humiliation Tor democrats is attained in North Dakota and Oregon, where the entire ticket was conceded to the populists. A democrat, therefore, in either of these states has no. opportunity to vote for Bryan and Sewall, but must take his choice ‘between the populist ticket of Bryan and Watson and the sound money democratic ticket of Palmer and Buckner. There has been some ‘discussion in Oregon which may result in giving a place or two to a democratic candidate for elector, but in any event a democratic voter will have to vote for a majority of populists unless he prefers the sound money ticket named at Indlanapolis. Situation of Mr. Sewall. The measure of the number of populist electors put upon democratic tickets in the place of democrats is the measure of the weight which has been thrown into the scale with the conSent of the demo- cratic national committee, and in most cages by its orders, against the possible election of- Mr. Sewath as Vice President. The measure of the sincerity of Chairman Jones of Arkansas and the other free sfl- ver leaders in putting a New England man on the ticket may be judged from the fact that he cannot possibly be elected unless Mr. Bryan beats McKinley nearly two to one and receives seventy more votes than are necessary. to his election. Bryan might sweep the solid south and the stiver west, might add Kansas and Nebraska and Michigan and Minnesota to his vote, winning by twenty-five -majority inthe electoral college, and the vote for Vice President would stand two hundred and eleven for Hobart, forty-one for Watsen and one hundred and ninety-five for Sewall. The winning of Illinois would not better matters, for Mr. Sewall would get only twenty of the twenty-four votes and would still fall nine votes short of election. There is no conceivable condition under which he can be chosen Vice President by the electors, in view of ttfe Brine which the cards have been stocked by the silver lead- ers, unless there is “a tidal wave which submerges every state south and west of the Potomac under the silver flood. A New England man could only become Vice President upon the condition that nearly every state outside of New England voted to make him so. ““This‘ condition has not come about, gold democrats declare, against the protests of.the so-called dem- ocratic national commit{ce nor even by their reluctant cor¥ent.”"*Chairman Jones has steadily urged upon every state com- mittee that concessions to the populists be made; that democratic electors fairly ncm- inated in their district conventions and pledged to Mr. Sewall be forced off the ticket, and that Bryan and Watson popu- lists be put in thejw places. These tacts are beginning to gfaté 8n the self-respect of many democrats who would have swal- lowed the Bryan and Sewall ticket on the Chicago platform, and many o\\them are getting ready to sgratch,the populist elec- tors. Jubilee Services Close. ‘The jubilee services which began Sunday morning at the German Catholic Church of St. Mary, Mother ofeG@od, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary? the parish, were concluded last evening with a vesper serv- ice, attended by a large congregation. The germon was preached by Rev. William Tappert of Covington, Ky., in the German language, and Cardinal. Gibbons made a brief address, after which he pronounced the benediction. ————————— Has’ Beeni. - To the Editor of The Evening Star: When Second Lieut. Joseph R. Binns, Company D, Ist Infantry, wakes up Wed- nesday morning of next week he will be surprised te find he belongs to the great regiment of has-Binns. 0. W. W. —_—_. A Houston and Texas Central passenger train was wrecked sixty miles from Hous- ton yesterday morning. Walter Matthews, eres was pinioned under the engine and . Not Known Definitely Where It Will End. Lewisville and Nashville Line May Get the Road—History Some- times Repeats Itself. The repert has reached Washington that, despite the fact that the Ryan and Thomas syndicate, the principles of which, Messrs. Ryan and Thomas, assisted in the reorgani- zation of the Southern railway—has secured the Seaboard Air Line, and that it was done in the interests of the owners of the Southern, there is more than a possibility that the Louisville and Nasnville company has, or ts about to arrange for a transfer of the holdings of the syndicate to them. It will be remembered that a similar re- port was published in The Star about a week ago, at which time it attracted gen- eral attention throughout the country, es- pecially in the leading cities in the south, and inquiries have frequently been made since then at the office of Mr. Ryan in New York for additional informetion on the subject. Most of the time, however, Mr. Ryan has been away from his place of business, as secretary of the Metropolitan Railway Company of New York, and his representative stated that he was totally uninformed as to the intention of the syn- dicate, which was probably correct. Mr. Ryan reached Baltimore last even- ing and about 11 o’clock this morning he and his associates of the syndicate, it is said, met the authorized representatives of the Hoffman-McLane pool for the purpose, it was stated, of completing the deal by paying over the purchase money to those authorized to receive it. Members of the party who were asked if there was any truth in the report that the Louisville and Nashville was likely to wrest the Seaboard from the control of the South- ern, replied that there was no foundation for the story, and it was intimated that the Seaboard was to form the nucleus of a new and powerful system, which might under certain contingencies become 2 pow- erful competitor of the Southern, and while there wouid doubtless be harmony between the two systems so long as it was to the interest of both to preserve peace it would be much easier to have a war occur than would be the case if the Louisville and Nashville was not extended beyond its present limits. If the L. and N. should at this critical stage of the proceedings get the Seaboard from the Ryan-Thomas syndieate, it would not be an unprecedented event in railroad history. The Baltimore and Ohio had a precisely similar experience some years ago with a Boston syndicate, which secured for it an option on the Philadelphia, Wilming- ton and Baltimore stock, but which, at the eventful moment, and upon the in- ducement of a big fortune, stated by some to be $1,000,000, sold out to the lessee of the P., W. and B., and compelled the B. and O. to build a competing line from Balt!- more to Philadelphia at the enormous cost, it has been stated, of $16,000,000 or $17,000,- 000 0. The division of the Southern Ratlway Company which extends from Alexandria to Charlottesville, and then known as the Virginia Midland, was for several years owned and controlled by the late John W. Garrett, president of the B. and O., but was sold by him to the Richmond and Dan- ville Railroad Company at a big advance on the purchase price, altfiough, as it was pointed out to Mr. Garrett, his act would, if consummated, deprive Baltimore of its most valuable southern feeder. From this the wholesale merchants of Baltimore have been sufferers for many years, and there does not seem much probability that they will ever recover from its effects. It is pretty well understood In the best- informed railroad circles that President Milton H.Smith of the Louisville and Nasa- ville was aware of Mr. Ryan's plans to se- cure the Seaboard even before the offer to secure the option on the stock of the latter assumed definite shape, and it is a mys- tery to many people why, unless he was pecuniarily interested, he should have known anything about them, as railway magnates do not conduct their affairs by letting even their most intimate friends know what they are doing unless it is to their interest to so do. Every railroad man knows. also that the Loulsville and Nashville wants to reach the North Atlantic coast, which it could do by securing the Seaboard, and which it can- not do in any other way except by the building of a practically parallel line. It now reaches three of the most important cities on the Mississippi river, three on the Gulf of Mexico and three also on the South Atlantic, but up to this time it has no ex- port point north of Savannah, Ga. If it could reach Norfolk, Va., over its own lines it would, it is believed, develop a traffic that would double its present revenues, while the expenses to do so would be rel- atively very small. A dispatch to The Star from Baltimore this afternoon states that Mr. Louis Mc- Lane, one of the heaviest stockholders in the Seaboard, has issued a circular letter advising all stockholders to deposit their holdings with the Hoffman-McLane pool, as originally requested by President R. Curzon Hoffman October 2. This became, it is said, developed during the conference between Mr. Ryan and the other parties interested in the deal, where- vpon the formal transfer of the property was postponed for a few days. It was stated that the postponement of the completion of the deal does not indicate that there has been any hitch in the mat- ter. It is also stated that the syndicate agreed to pay $125 a share for all the stock which they had not previously purchased at a low figure. —__o>—__ A COMMERCIAL MAN'S VIEWS. Thinks the Rusiness Men Here Favor McKinley—Also in North Carolina. Chas. A. Cotterill, special representative of one of the largest commercial houses in the country, and a former well-known cor- respondent, was asked this morning by a reporter of The Star for his views regard- ing the effect of the campaign on business in Washington. “I cannot recall,” said he, “the time when business was in such a demoralized condition here as it is at present. There seems to be a general feeling of uncer- tainty among the men with whom I have come in contact, and this has led to a poli- cy of retrenchment on their part to an ex- tent far greater than is generally sup- posed. One fact is made clear, however, and that is that while the majority of the business men I have seen and talked with have no vote, by reason of their domicile in-the District of Columbia, there is an overwhelming sentiment in favor of Mc- Kinley’s election. The feeling seems to be general among them that with the election of McKinley will come an immediate re- vival in trade, which they anticipate will continue.” Mr. Cotterill having recently returned from an extended trip through the south, was asked for an expression of opinion on the possibilities of McKinley carrying North Carolina. “While in that state,” he remarked, “I took a very active interest in politics, and carefully sounded the business men as to their feelings with regard to the political situation, and how the election would af- fect them. I was surprised to find the great unanimity of sentiment for McKin- ley. With but a very few exceptions they were agreed that his election meant a re- newal of business activity throughout that state.” Tapping the Wires. According to complaint made to the po- lice, cegcteay has been tapping the wires of the United States Electric Light Com- pany. Just what the prosecuting officers will be able to do in the matter has not yet been determined. Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny has made an investigation of the complaint, and it is his intention to prefer a charge of stealing a certain number cf volts of electricity. Several years ago, he says, ne maintained a similar prosecution for tapping a gas main, and he does not see why a prosecution for alleged theft of electricity should not hold good. He says, however, that he expects to have a legal battle when the case is presented. This afternoon complaint was made to police headquarters by the same company that wire had been stolen. This wire was taken from the streets where repairing was being done. The copper wire is val- uable, and the detectives expect to recover some of it where it has been sold. Disposition to Bealize Profits Check- ed an Advance in Prices, CONFLICTING VIEWS OF OPERATORS Sharp Advance in the Rates for Money. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——_.—____ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 27.—Opening prices were fractionally ‘trregular this morning, but in a majority of instances slight gains over last night’s final figures were record- ed. A disposition to take profits became manifest among traders early in the day, and the advancing tendency gave way io hesitancy. All offerings were quickly ab- sorbed, however, and the underlying spirit of optimism prompied a revival of pur- chases on election prospects. Sentiment has not changed in the slightest degree, although it is generally admitted that the absence of a short interest makes the mar- ket peculiarly sensitive to unfavorable de- velopments. The rumors usually incident to the final hours of a great political cam- paign are consequently to be guarded against. In some quarters the action of the mar- ket is ascribed to the effort of an organ- ized pool, the purpose of which organiza- tion ia to prevent an ante-election recession in prices. The best opinion of the street is, however, the general relaxation in apprehension as to the future monetary standard. The cor- rectness of elther view is direct evidence of the prevailing one-sidedness of specula- tion, and in the absence of more general outside participation the vulnerability of the market must be apparent. A ge@eral effort to realize just prior to the noon hour ci gor in sharp concessions in all parts of the active Speculative list. Sugar and Chicago Gas yielded easily to sales of large amounts, the decline in the ote extending to 3 per cent. sharp recovery from the low figure: followed renewed buying by the brokers instrumental in forcing the decline. The railroad jist yielded less rapidly during the Feo on the srararegs issues, but in every ance substantii y revaea. lal declines temporarily he Grange: group, owing to t! < Uons of its recent advance, Ay selected for this sudden demonstra‘ion, but, all things considered, the process ‘was stub- bornly contested. A sharp advance in the money market, resulting in ‘he negotiation of call loans up to 12 per cent, had a dis- couraging influence on values, und facilitat- ed the declining movement. The prompt offering of round sums on a scale down scon restored the normal loaning level. Loans rerewed from day to day on street collaterals were marked up to 8 per cent ver night. This action of the money mar- ket Is the logical deduction from the recent Pronounced tendency to reduce risks to a minimum over next week's developments. Gold is not to be had at the usual rates for loans when the borrower ™may con- tribute his vote to a scheme providing for the cancellation of existing debts by 50 per cent payments. There is no actual fear of this result, as the tendency of prices in the face of the possibility attests, but bankers are not willing to take unneces- sary liberties with depositors’ funds. The money market is in a condition demanding serious consideration by would-be pur- chasers of stocks. A declining money market would practically insure an ad- vancing security market. The same cause would produce both re- sults. Patient waiting for five business days will settle all doubts as to the prob- ability of the materialization of these very desirable events. The interest to be saved should prompt temporary inaction. ——— INANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, sa reported by Corton & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Low. Close. American Sugar... 113° 118% ‘American Sugar, Pfd_ bacco American Tot 200% 100 ae ott Chicago, B. & Q.... western Chicago & Not Chi Gas... C.M. & St. Faui Cc. M, & St. Pani. Prd. Chie: R. 1. & Pacific. 2 Michigan Central a sss uri Pacific: + Mig “8X “SIX “8? foe at 3 = 10436 10436 104i) 04: 2 one "oa “Sk Tots - Me We My 14 Northern Pacific, + By BB BI ory North American. ic Be Rss) ag Ont, & Western. Wa uy a ay Pacific Mail + 2 My DN soy Phila. & Readi 2 MT By By Pullman P. ©. Ci 152 15335 15] 158 Southern Ry., Pfd. % WG BY Phila. Traction. ae, eS a 7 Sc td MK UG BR 23%, 8% 8; 8 8 SB BE CCI «1%, 18% 15% «1515 Se 6% Bg ee ee cS 8 86K EE By Silver... oo 6 Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lanston Mono- type, 10g-at District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 101 bid. 30-year fund 68, gold, 110% bid. Water stack 7s, 1901, currency, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1003, fuirency, H1 bid. 3.65, fanding, currency, 104 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Rallroad 6s, 102 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 10934 bid: Metropolitan Railroad certificates of tndebt ediness, 105% bid. Belt Iailroad 5s, 75 asked. c 92 asked. asked. 107 107 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bink of Was! hington, 27 bid. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. Metropolitan, 0 bid. 280 bid, 300 asked. Central, 27 175 bid. 120 cs bi faked. Citiseas!, 1 Captal’13 bid” ‘West Hod, "100. bid. 109 acked. “Mivaders'> Lincoln, 95 bid, 103 asked. Ohio, 95 asked. curity and Safe Deposit am 185 bid, 143 ¥ ie ie asked. Washington peceriaes Stocks.—Capital Traction Com, 61 65 asked. Metropolitan, 95 bid. Belt, asked. Eckington, 12 aeked. oe) Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, *40 bid, 43 asked. Georgetown Gas, 40 bid. U. S_Blectrie Light, 90 bid, wai asked” 1 DU Insurance Stocks.—Franklin, 33 bla. Metropoll- tan, 65 Did. Potomac, 63 bid. Arlington, 125 bid. inan-American, id. National Union, 14 asked.. Columbia, 14 asked. 7 bid. ‘Peo- 5 pid. Lincoln, 7% bid, 8% asked. Com- Title ‘Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 110 asked. Columbia Title, 7 asked. Washington Title, 7 asked. District Title, 10 asked. Telephone ‘and Pot Pneumatic Gun Car- 13 osked. sked. <6 ‘as ‘iscellancous Stocks. Mergenthaler Linotype, 4, 117% asked. Eanston Monotype, 5. Tha, ed. Washiagton Market, 12 bid. Falls om per Lincola Hall, 90 asked. iv. —_—_—_—__ Baltimore Markets. wheat Corn ‘sal Tati; or on grade, Ones, ; November and and month, 25%a29: and 28% a29; steamer mixed, exports, 65,070 bushels southern mized, 2202216 —recel 158,000 “bushels; stock, Weak—No. 2 nearby, 40a41; . 4283 —Te- celpts, 6,609 bushels; exports, mone; stock, 112,167 bushels: | Hay steady to firm—cholce “timothy, $18.00 bid. Grain freights steady—steam to Liver- pool per busbel, Sd. January; Cork for orders quarter, 45.64. November and December; 45.34. january. Sugar steady, unchanged. Butter and esgs frm, unchat . Cheese firm > changed.’ Whisky’ unchanged. en —_——_—— Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, corresponients Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. High. Low. Close, 70 ey, Gy 75 12% 73% Me 7 TS Bika 21s 7.72 (7.82 S17 8.17 442 +60 4.70 4.72 3.50 3.55 400 407 low. Close. 77% T7568 con Te 79) BAO 8.00 7.85 8.06 Government Bonds. Quotations report > ney; Danian eported by Corson & Macart. 2 por cents, registered. 4 per cents, of 1925 istered of 1925. ‘of 1898 Currency 6 per cents of 1599) —>- Farm and City. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: In the opinicn of meny of our ablest publicists—thinkers who have made careful and exhaustive study of our social and industrial condition as a people and of our political future as a nation, the greatest present danger ‘hat menaces the perpetuity of our institutions is the rapid and ever-in- creasing absorption of our farming popu lation by the cities. To stop this drift from country to town—to induce some per cent of our urban population to again tenant th: farms we must render it possible for the farmer to receive sufficient remuneration for unremitting toil to secure for himself and family food, raiment and shelter. The lamentable condition of farm values was brought to my notice recenily in a le ter received from a friend—a retired min- ister of the M. E. Church—who, writing from one of the southern counties of Penn- sylvania, says: “The price uf real estate here is pitiable. You cannot sell a farm here for the cost of improvements. At a sale last week, when a farm of 277 acres was offered, one hundred acres in wood- land, the balance under a high state of cultivation, improved by two houses and @ fire, large stone barn, but one bidder ap- peared, and his bid was $} an acre. Iie Was a spoke manufacturer, after the hick- ory trees yet standing on the uncleared portion.” This paints a dark picture, when we know that this farm was not in the bleak Dakotas nor in wind-swept Kansas nor on the trackless mountain slopes of West Virginia, but in one of the richest agricultural sections of the old keystone state within fifty miles of Baltimore and one hundred miles of Washington and Philadelphia. Can we expect to stay this tide of hu- manity flowing from farm house to tene- ment, when the products of 277 acres of arable land lying within one hundred miles of a home market of over one million con- sumers will not produce revenue sufficient to pay an interest upon $1,400) to justify such investment? WM. McK. CLAYTON. ————— Personal Bo in the Police Court. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I noticed in Saturday's Star a statement with reference to the taking of personal bonds in the Police Court. Personal bonds are taken in cases where the evidence sus- tains the charge, but facts are brought to the attention of the court calling for leni- ency, as, that a mother has a very young er sick child at home needing her care and she has no money to pay her fine, or that the man is a hard-working man with a sick wife needing his wages, or that the defend- ant never has been arrested before and bears an excellent reputation, or any other of numberless grounds of appeal to the mercy ef the judge. In such cases the charge cannot be dismissed, for the defend- ant is clearly guilty, but mercy ought to be exercised and the personal bonds are taken. Quite a large number of cases arise under the health laws, where there is failure af- ter notice to abate some nuisance and the party is brought into court, anJ shows his neglect to abate has been caused by poverty or sickness, and that he has been v.holly unable to abate it before, or that he has just succeeded in getting the money; in such cases I have always believed it was to the best interests of the community to secure the abaiement of the nuisance rath- er than to impose a fine and lock the de- fendant up in the work house, and have, upon promise to abate, taken’ a personal Lond, end I do not remember a case where the party has not abated. These are only some few of the cases where the judge, in the exercise of sound discretion, belicves the best interests of ccmmunity are to be served by the taking of the defendant's personal bond. i. G. KIMBALL, Judge Police Court. —__<—. High Theater Hats Again. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Now that politics are engrcesing public attention I see that women, trusting, no doubt, so insignificant (7) a subject will be forgotten, continue to inflict on visitors at the theaters complete barriers to any view of the play, in the shape of high hats. Saturday evening, in front of the seat I occupied, was an aggregation of ribbons and feathers that I well know marred the pleasure of those who were 80 unfertunate as to sit behind the owner. Is this not the supremest form of selfishness? Frankly, ladies, what would you say if a gentleman kept a “plug hat” on (one of these high beavers) during the play? Have some little consideration for others, please, just a little. I suggest that our local theater man- agers insert in their programs the very proper request which I find in some of the New York theater play bills, and a copy of which I inclose. TULIP SHADE. Yours, October 26, 1896. NOTICE. ‘The management earnestly requests la- dies whose hats are of dimensions likely to obstruct the view, to remove their hats while in the theater, as those seated back of them are entitled to an unobstructed view of the stage. —__»——_— Vexation for Housekeepers. To the Fditor of The Evening Star: There is no more vexed question of the present day to housekeepers than that of servants or “hep.” I think much of the misery might be obviated if housekeepers would insist on having a personal refer- ence from the last employer, and taking the trouble to investigate same themselves. As it 1s now a cook (as happened to me today, and has been happening every two or three we2ks for some time past) is discharged for total incompetency—she applies for an- other place (as she did to me) with a first- class recommendation from an intelligence office, and her own panegyric of self— talks of never having worked for less than $25 or $30 a month, but will come as a great favor for $16 if I won't pay more. I agree and very soon find she is a most incompes teat, coarse and dirty cook. I have actu- ally had better for $10 a month. Naturally the oftener the servants change their places the better the intelligence offices thrive—if they held their situations as they did with our grandparents the offices would have to close their business. I think the housekeepers should inake an effort to Bet the upper hand, which, for a png timi past, the servants have undoubtedly had and held. May I beg you to insert this letter and oblige A WORRIED HOUSEKEEPER. —— William Stevens, one of the oldest me bers of the Kansas City bar, is dead, ag eighty-five. He was born at Canton, Ohio, and went to Kansas before the war. He gained prominence by defending the free state, and later became one of the original incorporstors of the city of Topeka.